Slide fastener



Nov. 19, 1940. L, -{p SLIDE. FASTENER Filed May 10, .1938

a 6 m n u I Patented Nov. l9, 1940 sum-z rss'rcnsn Georges Leon Erard, Vincennea, France, asa'i'gnor to Cartier, Societe Anonyme, Paris, France, a

company or France Application May 10.1w, serial No. 201,114 In France July 21, 193'! Claims. (01.24-205) The present invention relates to-tastening devices of the type known as slide fasteners'which are used more and more extensively inlconnection'with ladies clothes, gowns, coats, sweaters, 6 and also hand-bags, toilet kits and the like.

In all of these applications, such fasteners can be objected to from the point of view of elegance because of the necessary presence of the operating tab of the runner, which has no aesthetic character.

The object of the present invention is to obviate this drawback.

According to an essential feature of the present invention, this operatingtab is hidden by a removable jewel. 1

According to the present invention, the jewel is constituted by a removable structure which can very easily be mounted on the runner oi the fastener without it being necessary to modify said runner.

For this purpose, the jewel is given the shape of a brooch the pin of which is adapted to be engaged in the aperture (or the apertures) pro vided in the runner and in which the operating 3' tab is pivoted. As the size oi this aperture is so chosen that the operating tab can pivot easily, the engagement oi the pin of the brooch-ispossible without involving the necessity of previously removing the operating tab. so The brooch may be constituted merely by a plate of suitable size for hiding the runner and the operating tab'thereoi. This plate mayjbe ornamented in any useful manner. It, is hollowed out in its central part in such manner as to a permit ofapplying it on the runner, the'flxation rib or lugs of the operating tab coming, when-the brooch is closed, to house in the central recess of said plate.

0n the other hand, this plate may also act so as an armature or support for the jewel which is mounted in a removable manner thereon, for instance by means of clips, so that the appearance of the brooch can itself be modified by securing thereon the jewel of the desired design. Other features of the presentinvention will result from the following detailed description of some specific embodiments thereof..

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be hereinafter described, with reference to the accompanying drawing, given merely by way of example, and in which: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a brooch-shaped jewel fitted on the runner in. such manner as u to hide the operating tab thereoi; this jewel is shown in the opened position in such manner as to show the engagement thereof;

Fig. 2 shows, in a similar'manner, the mounting of the jewel on a runner of a type diifer'ent 6 from that shown by Fig. l;

, Fig. 3 is .a section corresponding to Fig. 1,

showing the jewel in position on the runner.

In the embodiment shown by- Fig. 1, I keep the runner I, which is provided with a rib 42 having a hole or aperture '3! formed therein adapted to receive the operating tab l. The jewel intended to hide said ,element is given the form or a brooch including a plate Ii on which pin 36 is pivoted. Furthermore, said plate is 15 fitted with a hook such as 81 in which rod I6 is engaged when closing the brooch.

The fitting of the'jewel on the runner takes place in a very simple manner by engaging rod 36 into hole 39. Member I can previously have been removed from engagement with the runner, but this is not necessary, since aperture 38 is sumciently large for permitting the passage of the rod 36 above the noses SI of member i.

After engagement of the rod 38 in the hole a 38, it sufllces to close-the brooch, which then hides the runner and eventually the operating tab thereof.

The brooch can then be caught in lieu of said tab I in order to operate the runner.

In the example shown by Fig, 2, the operat- 'ing tab l is fixed to the runner by means or two lugs 45 in which noses 38 are engaged.

The mounting of the jewel on the runner takes place by engaging the rod 38 through said lugs 45.

It may happen that, in some cases, the operatmg tab isflxed to the sliding member by means of two blind holes .in each of which one of the noses 38 of the operating tab is engaged. In this case it suflices to open the holes so as to permit the engagement of the rod 36 as above described. I Y The plate is fitted in its center with a hollow portion 40 of any shape whatever but of sufficient size .for affording a free passage either to rib 42 (Figs. 1 and 3) or to the lugs 45 (Fig. 2), whereby *5 said plate can, when closing the brooch, come into contact with thesliderl. v

Plate '35, which, as above explained, can be ornamented in anysuitable manner, is advantageouslyfltted with a kind of rounded head ll on which can be fixed ornamental elements such as small sticks N as shown by Fig. 3, for instance of. coral, carrying, at their free ends precious stones or pearls, as shown at. r

The jewel thus formed cangbe easily. caught and it permits of operating the runner of the slide fastener without difliculty. Furthermore, its appearance is agreeable and it hides the whole of the runner and its operating tab, which are little aesthetic of appearance. I,

In a general manner, while I have, in the above description, disclosed what I deem to be practical and eiiicient embodiments of the present invention it should be well understood that I do not wish to be limited thereto as there might be changes made in the and form of the parts without departing from the principle of the present invention as comprehended within the scope of the appended claims.

What'I claim is:

1. A slide fastener device which comprises, in combination, a runner for said slide fastener including at least one projection provided with at least one hole, and a brooch including a fixation pin adapted to engage in said hole and an ornamental structure pivoted to said pin and adapted to hide said runner.

2. A slide fastener which comprises, in combination, a runner for said slide fastener in the form of a fiat element, a rib carried by said element provided with a hole, and a brooch including a fixation pin adapted to engage in said hole, a frame provided with a recess adapted to accommodate saidrib, said frame being pivoted to said pin, and an ornamental structure carried by said frame and adapted tohide said runner.

3. A slide fastener which comprises,-in combination,'a runner for said slide fastener in the form of a flat element, a single rib carried by said arrangement, disposition,

element inaxial position thereon, and provided with a transverse hole, and a brooch including a fixation pin adapted to be removably engaged in said hole, a frame provided with a recess adapted to accommodate said rib, said frame being pivoted to said rib, and an ornamental structure carried by said frame and adapted to hide said runner.

4. A slide fastener which comprises, in combination, a runner for said slide fastener in the form of a fiat element, two lugs carried by said fiat element, forming holes in line with each other in a direction transverse to the direction of travel of said runner, and a brooch including a fixation pin adapted to be removably engaged in said lugs, a frame provided with a recess adapted to accommodate said lugs, said frame being pivoted to said rib, and an ornamental structure carried by said frame and adapted to hide said runner.

5. A slide fastener which comprises, in combination, a runner for said slide fastener in the form of a fiat element, two lugs carried by said flat element, forming holes in line with each other in a direction transverse to the direction of travel of said runner, and a brooch including a fixation pin adapted to be removably engaged in said .lugs, a plate provided with a'recess adapted to accommodate said lugs pivoted to said pin, means for locking said plate in closed posi-- tion with respect to said pin, and an ornamental rounded structure carried by said plate and adapted to hide said runner.

H GEORGES LEON ERARD. 

